Take a weekend drive out to the Scenic Rim region and come and visit Sheila and her Alpaca Farm approx 1.5 hours from Brisbane. Alpacas, with their beautiful quiet friendly nature are such a delight to visit. Turn up here at "Triple Peaks'
(the property name), and Sheila will take you to meet her 16 x Alpaca herd. You will find her introduction to 'all things alpaca" interesting and informative.
Alpacas at Triple Peaks lifeinphotos.com.au
Alpacas have been in Australia 22 years and Sheila was one of the 'first' to bring them into her life 18 years ago to her 41 acre property. With an old fashioned approach Sheila will encourage you to touch, feel and talk to the animals which is fun for both children and adults.
One of them is listening to Sheila lifeinphotos.com.au
We stumbled across Sheila's place while on a road trip towards Mt Barney. We saw the 'Triple Peaks' sign and a neat little shack, thinking it was actually an accommodation place. We drove in to enquire and Sheila came out to greet us,"no accommodation" she said, but let me introduce you to "my alpaca friends". They are so gorgeous and almost dainty.
Sheila also has her 'Alpaca Shack' for Australian made and locally handcrafted garments made from the super fine alpaca fleece. She also hand makes some of the garments herself and will show you bags of Alpaca fleece - it is clean and non greasy. Alpacas are shorn once a year and their fleece is sent to Victoria, where it is turned into yarn.
Alpaca Fleece lifeinphotos.com.au
Shop at the Alpaca Shack lifeinphotos.com.au
While buses and groups turn up as part of a routine tour of the region, Sheila doesn't mind greeting people who drop by and drift in. However, to be sure not to miss out and ensure Sheila is home, you could call before hand on 5544 3272.
Family visits $15, Adults $5 and children gold coin. If you are your 'own group' wanting to come out, then please ring to book a tour beforehand.
She has one Llama on the property, 'Osama The Llama'.
Visit the
website for info and check out the
short video of the Alpacas featuring Osama The Llama.
Alpaca Awards lifeinphotos.com.au
Alpaca Shack lifeinphotos.com.au
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